This Microsoft Access tutorial explains how to work around the error 3047 Record is too large when using DoCmd.TransferSpreadSheet Method. Access Error 3047 Record is too large Although Microsoft Access is a database management system, unfortunately it does not allow users to put too much data in the database. According to Access 2016 specifications , Access Table record is limited to 4000 characters, and the total size of Access is 2GB. If you create a Table that contains a record with ...